Evaluate the Use of the Internet in the Teaching and Learning Process (Maxwell Constantine Chando Musingafi)

Evaluate the Use of the Internet in the Teaching and Learning Process (Maxwell Constantine Chando Musingafi)

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Evaluate the use of the Internet in the teaching and learning process (Maxwell Constantine Chando Musingafi)

Introduction
A variety of technologies are currently being used to deliver education on the Internet. These technologies include the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) for online lecture notes, newsgroups for collaborative discussions and class announcements, e-mail correspondence between students and instructors, interactive video over the Internet for remote participation in classes and discussions, and virtual reality for exploring three dimensional scenes. Multimedia is increasingly being used in online education to enhance the learning process. A critical question that needs to be asked is ``how effective are Internet-based…show more content…

Students engage in live teleconferencing; closed and open discussion forums; and electronic mail (E-Mail) through which students send their assignments to their tutors for marking, and receive them back with any relevant comments. An on-line library on the Internet is also available.

City University's EDROADS (Education Resource and Online Academic Degree System offers more than 80 programmes at the undergraduate and graduate level that cover a variety of academic fields such as business management and technology to humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, counseling and teacher preparation. A Master of Business Administration and Master of Education degree programmes are also offered. Students enrolled in courses at EDROADS can engage in "live" dialogue with other students, instructors, and special guests using Live Forums. Students can enter forums as observers or as active participants. Live forums are held at three levels. Programme forums are open to all students pursuing a particular degree and consist of scheduled, moderated discussions that may include guest speakers. The number of students that can actively participate is limited and they need to sign up in advance. The number of students who may observe is not limited. Students who miss a scheduled forum can download

To maximize the teaching and learning process faculty must make conscious multiple teaching methods to assist with the development of critical thinking. The use of multiple assessment techniques to monitor and evaluate the learning process support both formative and summative assessment. Evidence-based decisions will dramatically improve the learning outcomes. The American Nurses Association (as cited in Su, 2007) supports the application of the nursing process as the foundation of decision making…

The purpose of this essay is to research a technological toy, I focused on Bee Bots, which I use in my setting, evaluate and critically analyse the effectiveness of that toy in promoting children’s learning. Later I will demonstrate my personal use of ICT and a record of use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) over a period of one month as a professional role in promoting children’s development in my setting. Finally, I will reflect on my tracking sheet and identify the opportunity…

within Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development under the Department of Teaching and Learning. The department is continuously giving its teacher candidates the opportunity to display all of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to become a truly effective educator in the first through fifth grade classroom setting. The Teaching and Learning Department encourages its teacher candidates to strive for excellence and professionalism constantly. One way this…

Teaching/Learning Concept
There is some debate about whether great teachers are born or made. Parker Palmer believed that it is “the human heart… [not] technique”, which is the source of a good teacher (Penn, 2008, p. 22). Contrarily, a study done by Dr. Sean Ruday & Dr. Peter Wiens for the journal Issues in Teacher Education, found that specific innate personality traits were not necessary to be a good teacher, rather engaging and relevant work and structure and organization (Longwood University…

is a lot of resources going to higher education in teaching and learning methods, there has been high demand to modernise teaching and learning methods from different stakeholders in learning fraternity , increased demand for Value for money in education and teaching has contributed in more student focused teaching methods as compared to traditional method.
The modern teaching method has great emphasis on quality and student centred teaching techniques which has proved more productive than the…

ABSTRACT
This paper examines school plant and its importance to teaching and learning in the school system. It begins with a brief overview of school plant and relates it to educational planning. It then examines school plant as a concept and explains the teaching learning process. Five (5) importance of school plant are then explained. The paper ends with a conclusion highlighting the main points of the paper.
INTRODUCTION
It has been observed that many schools are now paying more attention…

Section 1: Rationale
The teaching and learning environment has been shifting towards instruction that is learner centric where students construct their own understandings and the curriculum and pedagogy addresses the evolving needs of these learners (Softlink, 2013; O’Connell, 2012a; ASLA, 2013). Schools exist in a changing educational landscape which now centres around the skills of critical thinking and problem solving, communication and collaboration and creativity and innovation (Starkey, 2012;…

culture has on the process of learning and teaching. Santoro refers to Morgan and Slade who explore cultural learning tendencies and different views of knowledge, learning and teaching. For Indigenous people, it is suggested that they consider effective learning as being ‘contextual, interdependent, subjective and motivated by community commitment and obligation’ compared to non-Aboriginals where learning tends to be ‘fragmented and theoretical’ (Santoro, 2007). This highlights the need for teachers…

Televisions and computers have seemed like this generation's babysitters, but these electronic tools are more than what they seem. They seem like distractions both for child and adult, but electronic tools are vehicles for brain development and learning. In fact, the new generation of parents is "very education oriented," (Barnes, Marateo, & Ferris, n.d.). Technology saturation might have been considered a leisurely diversion a generation ago, but now, tools like computers, tablets, and smartphones…

Teaching and Learning Activities
Background
I currently teach an IT Essentials 2 course at Tritec Computer Training, the course is designed to teach individuals all aspects of network operating systems including web services, Linux and Windows. The IT Essentials 2 course runs for 96 hours distributed over 16 weeks (1 day per week).
The IT Essentials 2 course is a very complex course and I use several teaching and learning activities so that students get the maximum benefit from the weekly…